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places like presidio and del rio and eagle pass, small towns on the border, you are helping the local economy and buying at stores and contributing and paying taxes so it is not necessarily a bad thing, but i think that people are a little tired of tying immigration to border security in many places. >> so let me just ask you more specifically because the republican criticism is the president hasn't done enough. the white house suggestion is that they in fact have done more for border security than has been done before and we know about the numbers of deportations. has the white house done enough? >> i think the white house has done quite a bit and frankly in today's political environment the truth is you always have to find something to complain about, something to throw rocks at, and border security just happens to be it for the time being or the conversation about the white house's essentially a statement of principles, so i think in the current environment something is going to get done. you can tell by all the activity. you can tell by the fact that tempers are high right now and all of
places like presidio and del rio and eagle pass, small towns on the border, you are helping the local economy and buying at stores and contributing and paying taxes so it is not necessarily a bad thing, but i think that people are a little tired of tying immigration to border security in many places. >> so let me just ask you more specifically because the republican criticism is the president hasn't done enough. the white house suggestion is that they in fact have done more for border...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ >>> some headlines making news out on the west coast, "the los angeles times" has an article titled "police, others expand use of drones" about how federal authorities are stepping up efforts to license surveillance aircraft for law enforcement and other uses. it's spurring growing concern about violations of privacy. the faa estimates that once the nation's airspace is open to drone traffic, 10,000 of the aircraft could be in the air by 2020. >>> and the salt lake tribune has this headline, having a baby, wait for good air. it's about utah's poor air quality during the winter months and how it affects pregnancy. new research links air pollution to negative b
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people will lose their jobs. these cuts will effect huge parts of the economy. and cripple essential government services that millions of people rely on. >> emergency responders like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find childcare for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. >> this is serious. t
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people will lose their jobs. these cuts will effect huge parts of the economy. and cripple essential government services that millions of people rely on. >> emergency responders like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents...
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they will hurt our economy. they'll add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> we in the house have passed on two occasions legislation to replace the across the board cuts in sequestration to frankly reasonable, better thought-out cuts. the president and the democrats in the senate have refused to do that. >> we have some automatic spending cuts coming up in nine days that will lay off hundreds of thousands of folks. this is the problem the congress can solve. we don't need the automatic, mindless spending cuts to hurt the economy, the military readiness. >> joining me now, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. we know all of that carries on in to the next week. what are you looking ahead to? >> tamron, as you just saw, president obama took to the bully pulpit on the sequester to argue there should be a type of solution for congress to be able to avert these looming spending cuts. and i would assume that you're going to s
they will hurt our economy. they'll add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> we in the house have passed on two occasions legislation to replace the across the board cuts in sequestration to frankly reasonable, better thought-out cuts. the president and the democrats in the senate have refused to do that. >> we have some automatic spending cuts coming up in nine days that will lay off hundreds of...
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>> yes, because rhode island's economy is lagging. unemployment is unacceptably high. one of the highest in the country. so we have to make that up. especially since our neighboring state, connecticut, mass marks new hampshire, vermont, maine, new york all have marriage equality. if we're going to be competitive, we've got to get this passed. we've got it through the house. now we want to get it through the senate. as su sfwl e says well, need to work on the federal level on doma, defense of marriage act. fix that mistake. these are all good ways to fix or economy. we have the talent. we have the technology. now we have to have the tolerance. >> the supreme court takes it up coming up next month. i want to thank both of you. great to have both of you on. cnbc's suze orman, governor chafy. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. joining us then los angeles mayor anthonio villaragossa david nakamura, ari mellbe and susan. don't go anywhere. "now with alex wagner" comes your way next. so this is a big, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on
>> yes, because rhode island's economy is lagging. unemployment is unacceptably high. one of the highest in the country. so we have to make that up. especially since our neighboring state, connecticut, mass marks new hampshire, vermont, maine, new york all have marriage equality. if we're going to be competitive, we've got to get this passed. we've got it through the house. now we want to get it through the senate. as su sfwl e says well, need to work on the federal level on doma, defense...
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analysts say the reasons are many, china is demanding more and more every day to power their growing economy, just as opec cut their output, and here at home, refineries are shutting down for maintenance as they prepare to switch to a summer blend. then market speculation and a weaker dollar play a role. >> we have to work, we keep coming to work every day. you have to put gas in your car to come to work. >> reporter: 43 cents in a month. >> that was nbc's tom costello. >>> after a weekend, the president and staffers will be back at work this morning, but with only ten days to prevent the automatic spending cuts, one group will be absent. >> reporter: good morning, congress is away all week on recess, now strategists say they will make calls and try to come up with alternative savings. but voters here at the capitol say that is not good enough. president obama is back at the white house after a weekend golfing in florida. but congress is still away on recess, taking a break announced monday. voters in the capitol are upset that they actually went home. >> i would be hard at work. >> reporter
analysts say the reasons are many, china is demanding more and more every day to power their growing economy, just as opec cut their output, and here at home, refineries are shutting down for maintenance as they prepare to switch to a summer blend. then market speculation and a weaker dollar play a role. >> we have to work, we keep coming to work every day. you have to put gas in your car to come to work. >> reporter: 43 cents in a month. >> that was nbc's tom costello....
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tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that will break most men. >> you might as well talk about the 2012 republican candidates. just look at the options republicans are pairing around. it doesn't sound like a field of candidate. it sounds like season 13 of "dancing with the stars." j you know, thal say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christies's case, it's the only one where you can still hear him screaming. >> donald trump says that he would run for president as republican, which is surprising since i just assumed he was running as a joke. >> you told me when i was a kid that i would be sitting here on the same day as president barack obama, i would have said the president's name is barack obama? >> let's bring in chuck nice. chuck, would you comedians even have a job without politicians? >> oh, absolutely not. the thing is they make it so easy. that's the beauty of it. barack obama doesn't make it easy. this year, it will be a little bit easier because it's his
tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that will break most men. >> you might as well talk about the 2012 republican candidates. just look at the options republicans are pairing around. it doesn't sound like a field of candidate. it sounds like season 13 of "dancing with the stars." j you know, thal say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christies's case, it's...
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the productivity and the economy is 100% greater. and the workers who aret the low-wage end are far more educated now than they were then. we have an economy that has not benefited most people over three decades. what is important about the minimum wage is that we need to start having standards where the employers are now competing gai against each other as to who can underpay their workers. >> yes. >> and provide and give the least of the workers. so one small employer may have minimum wage workers and when they raise the minimum wage, all of the other small employers in the same industry are going to have to pay the workers more. if one is hurt more than the other, it is because they are competing based on having lower wages. we need to have a labor standard, a wage floor. this is what i disagree with the president somewhat on this, and i think about it as christine owens does, because it is not a poverty thing, because we want to help the low-wage workers, but it is an adult working women's issue, and they live in families of 60th
the productivity and the economy is 100% greater. and the workers who aret the low-wage end are far more educated now than they were then. we have an economy that has not benefited most people over three decades. what is important about the minimum wage is that we need to start having standards where the employers are now competing gai against each other as to who can underpay their workers. >> yes. >> and provide and give the least of the workers. so one small employer may have...
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it will be horrible for the economy. it will impact a lot of people. just outside my district but certainly affecting my district is fort knox, 5,000 civilian employees of the u.s. army. there will be substantial furloughs and possibly layoffs there if the sequester were in effect for any length of time. so we've got a few days to act. i think we could actually come up with something that just delays the sequester until march 27th. then we would have four weeks in session. we'll all be back for four consecutive weeks to figure out how to fund the government for the rest of the year. because it's -- none of it's going to make any difference after march 27th because the government runs out of money then. >> all right. so you're saying push it off just a little bit further after you get back into a legislative session but as we look at what john boehner has responded by putting out a couple tweets this morning roughly right before we went on the air, talking about where the president has been saying president obama is virtually absent from legislative pro
it will be horrible for the economy. it will impact a lot of people. just outside my district but certainly affecting my district is fort knox, 5,000 civilian employees of the u.s. army. there will be substantial furloughs and possibly layoffs there if the sequester were in effect for any length of time. so we've got a few days to act. i think we could actually come up with something that just delays the sequester until march 27th. then we would have four weeks in session. we'll all be back for...
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economy, big part of the michigan economy, the ohio economy, midwest economy, and they learned to diversify during the crisis. so they are just getting back started. they're just getting back to health. what are we going to do now? we'll yank the carpet out from under them. >> fema, too. if we're looking at these cuts on the state level and we have sandy and we have all of these things happening when a state gets hit, then what? >> it's interesting, this language of the economy just starting to heal, just coming back together, just coming -- just recovering after a disaster. it does feel like here we have a patient who we've nurtured back to sort of minimal health but instead of kind of continuing to nurture that, providing more medication, we're like well, good luck with that, i'm taking your walker and meds. >> before they got cancer, they had a weight problem. now we have taken care of the tumor and now we will staple their stomach, threaten to chop their tongue off if they don't agree to go on some crazy fad diet. this is insane. we don't have a fiscal crisis. we have a political crisis
economy, big part of the michigan economy, the ohio economy, midwest economy, and they learned to diversify during the crisis. so they are just getting back started. they're just getting back to health. what are we going to do now? we'll yank the carpet out from under them. >> fema, too. if we're looking at these cuts on the state level and we have sandy and we have all of these things happening when a state gets hit, then what? >> it's interesting, this language of the economy just...
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one last point, thomas, i think our economy is poised to finally take off if the government would just get out of the way and stop manufacturing these crises every month or three months or six months. and it isn't rocket science and something that has to be done. i hope the president going over the heads of congress and appealing to the american people will put the pressure on the gop to come to the table and gri gr reasonable compromise. >> we want to bring in our power panel. political editor for the grio and republican strategist alice stewart. great to have you all here. i want to start off with what we know about the president reaching across the aisle, not so much about the sequester but immigration. we watched during that sequester remark statement by the president where he said his door is always open. and then made phone calls in the afternoon to part of the immigration eight, three of the republicans on that panel, we've got mccain, rubio and lindsay graham. it's interesting because marco rubio is overseas in the middle east. ali alice, marco rubio has said he feels good abou
one last point, thomas, i think our economy is poised to finally take off if the government would just get out of the way and stop manufacturing these crises every month or three months or six months. and it isn't rocket science and something that has to be done. i hope the president going over the heads of congress and appealing to the american people will put the pressure on the gop to come to the table and gri gr reasonable compromise. >> we want to bring in our power panel. political...
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>> this is absolutely an economic economy. the president and congress -- the president, it seems clear. he wants to act on climate change. there will be a lot of cost benefit analysis that has to be made over the economy. one thing we may see is the president moving forward on epa regulations on coal plants signaling that as this is flexing executive authority and taking action on climate change, but we may see a tradeoff. moving on that and approving the keystone pipeline as well. we will see the president trying really hard to weigh in and taking action on climate change, but trying not to harm the economy in the short-term. >> coral davenport in d.c. thanks. >>> he pulled the trigger on osama bin laden. now two years later, one of the most war decorated hero is facing a future without much help from the military. clump cre . big green brush, curved to crush. 200% more volume. zero clumps. new clump crusher from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so muc
>> this is absolutely an economic economy. the president and congress -- the president, it seems clear. he wants to act on climate change. there will be a lot of cost benefit analysis that has to be made over the economy. one thing we may see is the president moving forward on epa regulations on coal plants signaling that as this is flexing executive authority and taking action on climate change, but we may see a tradeoff. moving on that and approving the keystone pipeline as well. we...
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republicans overall criticism is that the president doesn't lead, the president doesn't lead on the economy, the president doesn't lead on immigration. the president doesn't lead on gun control if you will. when the president does take action, action that he telegraphed verbally saying if congress doesn't do something, i am going to step in and do something, they criticize him for taking the steps to jump into a position to lead on an issue that he cares about that a lot of other people care about. thomas, if the immigration panel in the senate falls flat as we have seen happen many times in congress, come up with gangs and try am to come up with plans and nothing happens. if the immigration gang falls flat, the president would be in a position to step in and say, here, here is the plan, republicans want to say to the president playing politics with this and i think the president is trying to get something done. >> jonathan, if he was going to lead, then you wouldn't leak the document, you would say here is my bill. >> i think the most important thing -- >> the fact it wouldn't come out of
republicans overall criticism is that the president doesn't lead, the president doesn't lead on the economy, the president doesn't lead on immigration. the president doesn't lead on gun control if you will. when the president does take action, action that he telegraphed verbally saying if congress doesn't do something, i am going to step in and do something, they criticize him for taking the steps to jump into a position to lead on an issue that he cares about that a lot of other people care...
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these are the jobs that growing in our economy. you know. the good paying jobs of yesterday have gone and a lot of them are not coming back. the public sees all of this. and so they -- that's why they support raising the minimum wage by so much. where is the opposition? you know. it is with lawmakers. >> also, interest groups. >> yes. let me say i was doing a lot of reading on minimum wage and sort of where people fall on this. i could probably, you know, yesterday i saw -- talking to an economist who was telling me -- he's not really republican or democrat. he was just -- telling me that when you raise the minimum wage, then inflation goes up. then you raise the minimum wage and inflation goes up and you raise the minimum wage. i said well, how does that affect -- well, let's sma one working at mcdonald's, minimum wage, they pass the, you know, price on to the consumer. so -- again, i can -- we can probably get, you know, 50 economists on either side telling us why it is good or bad. then also businesses like you say -- >> you won't get a b
these are the jobs that growing in our economy. you know. the good paying jobs of yesterday have gone and a lot of them are not coming back. the public sees all of this. and so they -- that's why they support raising the minimum wage by so much. where is the opposition? you know. it is with lawmakers. >> also, interest groups. >> yes. let me say i was doing a lot of reading on minimum wage and sort of where people fall on this. i could probably, you know, yesterday i saw -- talking...
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. >> but the tea party issues on the economy and their, you know, deep concern about the $16 trillion ballooning deficit, are those concerns legit? >> concerns about the deficit are legitimate. the important thing to understand is that the republican party as a whole doesn't give a rat's patootie about the deficit. they can say they do all day, but if you are not for what the president calls a balanced approach, which all the experts say is the only way you will really address the deficit, a combination of steep budget cuts in certain areas and some tax increases in other areas, you cannot get from here to there in deficit reduction. so anybody who says that just budget cuts, no tax increases is not serious about reducing the deficit. and republicans have been a tax cut party, not a deficit reduction party for the last 25 years. >> when it comes to things have you in your house, one thing i love is this gathering of campaign buttons. >> yeah. >> where did that come from? >> that collection is actually my father's. >> adeli stevenson. i see a lot of that. >> they got involved with adla
. >> but the tea party issues on the economy and their, you know, deep concern about the $16 trillion ballooning deficit, are those concerns legit? >> concerns about the deficit are legitimate. the important thing to understand is that the republican party as a whole doesn't give a rat's patootie about the deficit. they can say they do all day, but if you are not for what the president calls a balanced approach, which all the experts say is the only way you will really address the...
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it's hanging over the economy. and you say like the airplane we are flying is going down and we're taking a break to watch the in-flight movie. so what are you talking about? is this sort of a lack of urgency from both sides? because there's no incentive for democrats nor republicans to cut a deal here? >> i am not saying that at all, alex. i'm saying that the house leadership on the republican side, which controls the schedule, controls the calendar, they have every power to bring us back to d.c., to go back to our desks on the floor of the house and work out the problem. with ten days to go before the ridiculous sequester takes place, we don't get called back to washington. instead, we have what we call a district work week scheduled. in other words, people are working on things other than averting this sequester. i think it's ridiculous. i think that even to see the republican house leadership working hardest on blaming president obama for the sequester is foolish. what we have is speaker boehner making posters
it's hanging over the economy. and you say like the airplane we are flying is going down and we're taking a break to watch the in-flight movie. so what are you talking about? is this sort of a lack of urgency from both sides? because there's no incentive for democrats nor republicans to cut a deal here? >> i am not saying that at all, alex. i'm saying that the house leadership on the republican side, which controls the schedule, controls the calendar, they have every power to bring us...
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both for macroeconomic reasons, it's bad for the economy if you don't have spending power. and for fairness. because of wages you can't go to clinton. newt gingrich likes to win things. it has been a while since he has but it was at that point still >> in 2007 the democrats were in control of congress. the model was 1996 when you had a democratic president and big clinton. newt gingrich likes to win things. it has been a while since he has but it was at that point still on a roll. you had dick armey who was the majority leader who was dead set against it. but the republicans gave into reality for some of the republicans, but the sort of more traditional conservatives, they keep telling people to go to work. we don't want the 47%. how do you turn around and say yes, people should go to work but shouldn't make enough money to live on. this is a subset of the most interesting dynamic in the world today. as i said, will the meanies beat the crazies? >> we are routing for the meanies. overall, are there numbers where the poling becomes so overwhelming? i'm thinking about it on t
both for macroeconomic reasons, it's bad for the economy if you don't have spending power. and for fairness. because of wages you can't go to clinton. newt gingrich likes to win things. it has been a while since he has but it was at that point still >> in 2007 the democrats were in control of congress. the model was 1996 when you had a democratic president and big clinton. newt gingrich likes to win things. it has been a while since he has but it was at that point still on a roll. you had...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ >>> on thursday, the president was in georgia where he visited a public preschool that he sited as a role model for early education. he made the stop in part to promote one of the proposals he made in the state of the union address to make preschool available to moderate to low income families, which brings me to the number seven. >> every dollar we invest in childhood education is save $7 later on. >> yes, seven is the number that comes from the study done by james and his colleagues at the university of chicago who found, in fact, for every dollar spent on early childhood development, there's a 7% to 10% return per year on that early investment. it's not ju
what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ >>> on thursday, the president was in georgia where he visited a public preschool that he...
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it's irresponsible for our economy and the impact on it. it's irresponsible to, in terms of the impact it would leave on the middle class and working families. the only ones who get protected are the wealthiest, most fortunate americans. but that appears to be the republicans' goal. and it's just baffling. how could they possibly continue to only care about people who are already doing really well who are the only ones that would be shielded from the impact of sequester cuts? >> congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz. >> it's incomprehensible. >> thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. >> of course, when we're talking about the gun control issue, the vice president really has been the point man. here's what he had to say yesterday. >> if you're concerned about your political survival, you should be concerned about the survival of our children. and guess what? i believe the price to be paid politically to those who refuse to act, who refuse to step forward --. >> it sounds great, loren, but is the reality of this just politics? >> yo
it's irresponsible for our economy and the impact on it. it's irresponsible to, in terms of the impact it would leave on the middle class and working families. the only ones who get protected are the wealthiest, most fortunate americans. but that appears to be the republicans' goal. and it's just baffling. how could they possibly continue to only care about people who are already doing really well who are the only ones that would be shielded from the impact of sequester cuts? >>...
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it's going to slow down the economy. you've got democrats -- you've got the president running around because he only knows how to do one thing, ask for higher taxes. he's leading with the taxes. we've got to raise more taxes. it's the rich, it's the corporations, tax, tax, tax. i thought we had this debate before. democrats don't seem to understand that taxing americans dampens the economy, hurts small businesses, hurts a lot of americans. republicans don't seem to understand that massive unfocused cuts right now are going to slow down the economy and hurt americans, too. >> you seriously have to wonder whether anyone in washington, in the house, in the senate, in the white house, in the administration, republican, democrat, do they ever go outdoors? do they ever see what happens every day to ordinary americans? people who have been getting crushed economically for the past 10 or 15 years are now getting crushed again, doubly so. the payroll tax has been eliminated. have you checked out the price of gasoline over the pas
it's going to slow down the economy. you've got democrats -- you've got the president running around because he only knows how to do one thing, ask for higher taxes. he's leading with the taxes. we've got to raise more taxes. it's the rich, it's the corporations, tax, tax, tax. i thought we had this debate before. democrats don't seem to understand that taxing americans dampens the economy, hurts small businesses, hurts a lot of americans. republicans don't seem to understand that massive...
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sure, let's run up the markets. >> they're looking at the economy and seeing a strong economy. >> and they used to be scared by washington. up next. >> republican's going to be the same think. >> up next, the student loan controversy. business before the bell with brian sullivan. we're going to be right back. none of us would want to be told we can't marry the person we love. that's why a growing majority of americans believe it's time to allow marriage for gay and lesbian couples. laura bush: when couples are committed they ought to have i think the same sort of rights that everyone has. colin powell: allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. dick cheney: freedom means freedom for everyone. barack obama: our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. it's time for marriage. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activate
sure, let's run up the markets. >> they're looking at the economy and seeing a strong economy. >> and they used to be scared by washington. up next. >> republican's going to be the same think. >> up next, the student loan controversy. business before the bell with brian sullivan. we're going to be right back. none of us would want to be told we can't marry the person we love. that's why a growing majority of americans believe it's time to allow marriage for gay and...
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it's things that immediately matter like what's happening with the economy. i have no idea what bobby jindal is doing but he's a little off base here. >> that's a fair condemnation. jonathan, paul ryan says he truly, honestly doesn't any if he's going to run for president in 2016. if that's the case though, then maybe he should tell his friends because one of them recently told politico and i'm quoting that ryan has no interest in the sheer grind of campaigning. it's hard to see him having what it takes. jonathan, if that's how his friends are talking about him now, what will his enemies say if mr. ryan does decide to throw his hat in the ring? >> well, they will say much worse, but if all the people we've been talking about as potential candidates, paul ryan is the one that has a legitimate claim to run. he's young, very smart, has his budget plan that's been passed twice and ignored an equal number of times. >> and derided by virtually every economist who says the math doesn't add up but now he's going to reduce the deficit and achievements not in 30 but in
it's things that immediately matter like what's happening with the economy. i have no idea what bobby jindal is doing but he's a little off base here. >> that's a fair condemnation. jonathan, paul ryan says he truly, honestly doesn't any if he's going to run for president in 2016. if that's the case though, then maybe he should tell his friends because one of them recently told politico and i'm quoting that ryan has no interest in the sheer grind of campaigning. it's hard to see him...
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the economy's upside down down right now. we're in negative growth this last quarter. >> it's really a bad idea right now to do this thing. and also as they were saying, it's deliberately written i guess to make it ridiculous so that you can't say let's take out one of our stupid tank programs we don't need. you can't do that. >> but that doesn't seem to be inspiring action. i mean, i asked what are they -- what's the alternative? i'm sure that they've been working with members of congress to come up with an alternative to this. i didn't -- i hear, oh, there should be one. >> yeah. >> but i don't hear any. >> well, i've got to say," you know, a lot of people, mike barnicle, attacked the president and congress for not working together, but they did come up with a plan that would have been remarkably stupid to an act as a worst-case scenario, and they worked together to create that fail safe plan and they're going to implement it. >> but the part that i don't understand, mike, you talk about the republicans saying, well, this t
the economy's upside down down right now. we're in negative growth this last quarter. >> it's really a bad idea right now to do this thing. and also as they were saying, it's deliberately written i guess to make it ridiculous so that you can't say let's take out one of our stupid tank programs we don't need. you can't do that. >> but that doesn't seem to be inspiring action. i mean, i asked what are they -- what's the alternative? i'm sure that they've been working with members of...
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one, what does it do to the economy in the long term and short term? most economists now are saying, as bad as the defense industry believes it's going to be, as bad as you could argue it's going to be for some of the poorest people in this country, if you have the discussion we were having during the commercial break about krugman and how much debt you want to have, there is an argument to be made that if you want to start tackling it, tackle it, and the world is not going to stop. there is an argument to be made about that. the question is, when do you want to tackle it? some people would say, start tackling it now. but if you don't want to tackle it now and you want to push it out a year, you know, how much does that really advance the cause? >> you bring up krugman. he says let's not tackle it until 2025. >> he wouldn't tackle it for a very long time. >> is 2025 an option for most of the people that you -- >> probably not. >> probably not? >> the problem is that confidence in the markets doesn't evaporate in years or months. it evaporates in weeks
one, what does it do to the economy in the long term and short term? most economists now are saying, as bad as the defense industry believes it's going to be, as bad as you could argue it's going to be for some of the poorest people in this country, if you have the discussion we were having during the commercial break about krugman and how much debt you want to have, there is an argument to be made that if you want to start tackling it, tackle it, and the world is not going to stop. there is an...
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they know that cuts that deep in reality would hurt the economy. if mitt romney were president, they would not be taking that position, i bet you dollars to doughnuts and they would be extending the deficit out just like they are crying that the democrats are doing now. so -- >> so why make that their position? >> why make that your position you now? >> well, because it's politically easy for them to do it. if they had the responsibility of governing and of running the economy, there's no way they would be saying let's balance the budget with cuts only in ten years. they know that was an economic loser. >> daily beast, newsweek, good to see you sir, thank you. >> my pleasure. >> immigration issues, tea party loyalists and the bushes in the backdrop, all roads right now seem to lead to texas in a politico story friday it was written, when it comes to politics, boelth present day battles and future trends, ground zero, the fastest growing of the states, texas. why are things heating up in texas right now? joining me, newly elected democratic congress
they know that cuts that deep in reality would hurt the economy. if mitt romney were president, they would not be taking that position, i bet you dollars to doughnuts and they would be extending the deficit out just like they are crying that the democrats are doing now. so -- >> so why make that their position? >> why make that your position you now? >> well, because it's politically easy for them to do it. if they had the responsibility of governing and of running the...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower...
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economy and focus on pursuing guilty pleas for those who break the law instead of settling for fines and reforms. the lawyers say they're already making changes to their defense strategies. >>> the washingt"washington pos united arab emirates spreading gifts throughout the world. it gave 5 million dollars to build a neonative intensive care hospital in joplin, missouri devastated two years ago. they also donated $1 million to buy laptop computers for the town's students in joplin, among several gifts given by the uae, a country that works to raise its profile as a pro-western country. >> what they've been doing in joplin is amazing. >>> and mississippi has officially ratified the 13th amendment that abolishes slavery. >> that must have been a heck of a clerical error. what's the luck, seriously, that the clerical error would prevent them from ratifying the 13th amendment, could have been the 23rd. >> they ratified it and forget to send it. >> it was passed in 1864 and not formally ratified by mississippi until 1995 making it the last state to do so. the error was apparently noticed b
economy and focus on pursuing guilty pleas for those who break the law instead of settling for fines and reforms. the lawyers say they're already making changes to their defense strategies. >>> the washingt"washington pos united arab emirates spreading gifts throughout the world. it gave 5 million dollars to build a neonative intensive care hospital in joplin, missouri devastated two years ago. they also donated $1 million to buy laptop computers for the town's students in joplin,...
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you could that trickle down to the economy? >> when you talk about small businesses and how they'll be impacted by the sequester cuts you have to kind of take into consideration that there are 20 to 30 million small businesses. so people that are doing work in certain areas, certain regions or certain industries that might be affected by a government cutback, those people will be affected, but if you're a small business owner and the accountant and the lawyer, even, a lot of them aren't going to be seeing a whole lot of effect of any cuts coming out. >> let's take a look at what the white house had to say about that. they say, quote, the automatic cuts triggered by a sequester would reduce loan guarantees to small businesses by up to $102 million. what do you have to say about that effect? >> it could reduce loan guarantees and that's exactly right expect and that depends on small businesses looking for loans. we're still in a credit crunch right now. a lot of the businesses that i know and i write about that a lot of my client
you could that trickle down to the economy? >> when you talk about small businesses and how they'll be impacted by the sequester cuts you have to kind of take into consideration that there are 20 to 30 million small businesses. so people that are doing work in certain areas, certain regions or certain industries that might be affected by a government cutback, those people will be affected, but if you're a small business owner and the accountant and the lawyer, even, a lot of them aren't...
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open in two weeks generates more revenue into the economy of the city than the yankees, mets, knicks, and rangers combined. it's a number somewhere north of $700 million each year. and there were those who opposed that notion. fortunately, we prevailed. >> your love of tennis. where did that come from? >> i was a tennis fan way back, because i had met arthur ashe and althea gibson. there was a place in scotch plains, new jersey, a small black country club with a nine-hole golf course called shady rest. it was 1975 at wimbledon, where arthur played jimmy connors. jimmy was number one in the world. arthur was not supposed to prevail, but he did. arthur was a dear friend, and i called him the day he made his announcement that he had aids. and i was not one of the few that knew, but i called, and i said, hey, man, what are you doing? he said i'm going to a press conference. i said what's it about? and he told me. i said, can i come? he said, sure. so i was standing there with him and jeannie, and you will recall seeing the news clips, he couldn't get through his statement. he handled it t
open in two weeks generates more revenue into the economy of the city than the yankees, mets, knicks, and rangers combined. it's a number somewhere north of $700 million each year. and there were those who opposed that notion. fortunately, we prevailed. >> your love of tennis. where did that come from? >> i was a tennis fan way back, because i had met arthur ashe and althea gibson. there was a place in scotch plains, new jersey, a small black country club with a nine-hole golf...